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: an indoor or outdoor game that is played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or pairs of players on a level court (as of clay or grass) divided by a low net
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The result is stiff fingers and wrists, achy joints and tennis or golf elbow — painful, inflamed tendons — among other conditions.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Rates at the full American plan resort that’s open during the summer and fall include three meals a day and all activities, which range from tennis and pickleball courts, disc golf, and a daily kids camp program to waterskiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, and paddleboarding on Sebago Lake.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Bumper cars, miniature golf For decades, visitors enjoyed dining and drinking at Queens Landing’s restaurant and bar, riding its bumper cars and playing tennis and miniature golf.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
The same holds for baggy T-shirts if your favorite activity requires arm movement, such as playing tennis or pickleball.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Rates at the full American plan resort that’s open during the summer and fall include three meals a day and all activities, which range from tennis and pickleball courts, disc golf, and a daily kids camp program to waterskiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, and paddleboarding on Sebago Lake.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Bumper cars, miniature golf For decades, visitors enjoyed dining and drinking at Queens Landing’s restaurant and bar, riding its bumper cars and playing tennis and miniature golf.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
The same holds for baggy T-shirts if your favorite activity requires arm movement, such as playing tennis or pickleball.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tennis. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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tennis
noun
ten·nis
ˈten-əs 
: a game played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or two pairs of players on a level court divided by a low net
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